9-letter words containing n, r, s
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- caressing — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- carnalise — sensualise
- carnalism — the quality or state of being sensual
- carneades — 214?–129? b.c, Greek philosopher.
- carnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify.
- carnivals — Plural form of carnival.
- carnosaur — any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carotenes — Plural form of carotene.
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carstensz — Mount Djaja Peak
- cartesian — of or relating to the works of René Descartes
- caruncles — Plural form of caruncle.
- cassander — c354-297 b.c, king of Macedonia 301-297 (son of Antipater).
- cassandra — a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- casuarina — any tree of the genus Casuarina, of Australia and the East Indies, having jointed leafless branchlets: family Casuarinaceae
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- ceintures — cincture (defs 1, 2).
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
- censoring — any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
- censuring — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- centaurus — a conspicuous extensive constellation in the S hemisphere, close to the Southern Cross, that contains two first magnitude stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, and the globular cluster Omega Centauri
- centrists — Plural form of centrist.
- centroids — Plural form of centroid.
- centuries — Plural form of century.
- cerements — Plural form of cerement.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- cervantes — Miguel de (miˈɣɛl ðe), full surname Cervantes Saavedra. 1547–1616, Spanish dramatist, poet, and prose writer, most famous for Don Quixote (1605), which satirizes the chivalric romances and greatly influenced the development of the novel
- cesareans — Plural form of cesarean.
- chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- chandlers — Plural form of chandler.
- chantress — a female chanter or singer
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- charangas — Plural form of charanga.
- charangos — Plural form of charango.
- chariness — the state of being chary
- charmings — Plural form of charming.
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chastener — to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chin rest — a device fixed to the top of a violin or viola to provide a firm rest for the player's chin.